#TPPA The first Paul Krugman on trade agreements that level the playing field behind the border
29 Jul 2015 2 Comments
Measles cases and measles deaths in the USA
29 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, health economics, politics - USA Tags: measles commonly anti-vaccination movement, The Grade Escape, The Great Fact, vaccines
The Nirvana fallacy and vaccinations
28 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement vaccines, Nirvana fallacy, risk risk trade-offs, vaccinations
Map of pubs with late closing times
27 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: alcohol regulation, pub closing time, UFO sightings, UFOs
Where Aliens Attack!
Three maps tracking UFO sightings.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2015/07/close-… http://t.co/WK3Hv77lL7—
(@gmapsmania) July 27, 2015
The Great Escape in South Korea
27 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality The Great Escape, infant mortality, South Korea
Child Mortality decreased incredibly fast in South Korea.
My History of Global Health: OurWorldInData.org/VisualHistoryO… http://t.co/dMl8YOOuuJ—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) July 20, 2015
I thought America’s poor never had health insurance cover!? I’ve watched too much American TV?
26 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics, industrial organisation, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: adverse selection, expressive voting, health insurance, Leftover Left, media bias, medicaid, Medicare, moral hazard, Obamacare, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
#Medicaid expands access to health coverage and supports work: bit.ly/1RKHQ2x #Medicaidat50 http://t.co/mydZMggcXg—
Center on Budget (@CenterOnBudget) July 20, 2015
6.4 million seniors get the vital support & care they need thanks to Medicaid: bit.ly/1HqYvNG #Medicaidat50 http://t.co/onWMiYj301—
Center on Budget (@CenterOnBudget) July 23, 2015
Reminder: #Medicaid helps millions of babies: bit.ly/1RS7ME5 #Medicaidat50 http://t.co/SeJ7MFPGWE—
Center on Budget (@CenterOnBudget) July 20, 2015
#Medicaid help millions of children across the country live healthier lives. #Medicaidat50: bit.ly/1RS7ME5 http://t.co/LT6rXhNzUg—
Center on Budget (@CenterOnBudget) July 16, 2015
50 years of coverage that every American deserves. #Medicare http://t.co/uRtERV2k9K—
American Progress (@amprog) July 30, 2015
Mann: Celebrating historic gains in coverage for kids CCF#2015 http://t.co/g7CYQ7DuwN—
Georgetown CCF (@GeorgetownCCF) July 22, 2015
#Medicare has been keeping seniors insured and healthy for 50 years. http://t.co/mXW4x12Rhi—
American Progress (@amprog) July 30, 2015
The majority of Americans of all ages don't recognize that gov subsidizes their health care: vox.com/2015/3/1/81257… http://t.co/ivq5eLThsi—
(@SocImages) April 22, 2015
If Roe v Wade was to fall
26 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: abortion, constitutional law, expressive voting, median voter, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, social change
On abortion, the USA is split on pro-life versus pro-choice. State legislatures pass laws safe in the knowledge that they will be struck down the next day. they were playing to a grandstand made up of values voters.
When the supreme court became a little vague on some procedural aspects of abortion law in the early 1990s, the state legislatures started showing much more restraint because the median voter would be annoyed.
Where Roe v. Wade to fall, some states would permit abortion, some would not. The Center for Reproductive Rights predicts that 21 states are likely to outlaw abortion immediately where Roe v. Wade to fall. This assessment is based not only on current law, but on the political makeup of the state legislatures. On the other hand, abortion is likely to remain legal in many states, according to these groups.
The essence of the antiscience Left
26 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics Tags: anti-GMOs movement, anti-vaccination movement, antimarket bias, antiscience left, cranks, GMOs, Leftover Left, precautionary principle, quackery
Call off the bee-pocalypse: U.S. honeybee colonies hit a 20-year high
24 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, health economics Tags: agricultural economics, bees, doomsday prophets, environmental scare tactics, environmental scares
The demand and supply for vaccinations
24 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of information, economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, expressive voting, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, vaccinations, vaccines
Why are more American mothers dying in childbirth?
23 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
Why are more American mothers dying in childbirth? The US defies a global trend econ.st/1TGG686 http://t.co/DbnYoE0Cef—
The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 20, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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